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May 8, 1923 1,454,131

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INVENZOR.

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May 8, 1923 1,454,131

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May s; 1923- 1,454,131

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patented ay 8, 1923.

EARL J. MILLER, or ETHLE EM, iBENNsYLvAmA.

App lication filed September 23,1921. ,Serial No. 5Q2,7:32.

To all whomit may concern;

Be it ,known thatI, EARL J. MILLER, citizen of the United States, residing' at Bethlehem, in the county of Northhampton andState of Pennsylvania have invented certain new and useful Improvements insolution of this puzzle consists, either in placing said gfle'xible member upon the last link ofsaid chaiinflor removing same therefrom without disassembling the [chain or breaking.theflexible,member.v r

:The .puz'zle' consists, therefore, of ,two members, namely, the chain consisting of a plurality of ,links, identical in fo'rm, each of whichfis flexibly engaged with an adj acentlink inllinear relatiO-I and the endless ban d,fwhich when the puzzle is'in' the course of solution, ,form a combination, the elements of [which cooperate and 'interrelate for the production of the specific object of "the invention, viz, the solution, of thefpuz' zle.

A chain with any number of'links may be employed,' bu't, owing to the simplicity of the, pro'ce'ssof' solution when less than three links are employed, this is the smallest number which is likelyto .be employed. 'The most desirable number ofilinks is five, since the solution involved thereby is quite 'difficult, but at the same time is not sufliciently intricate and involved to tax the patience and ersistence of one engaged in the solution.

owever, any number of links may be employed, but since the steps of the operation of solution increase in a geometrical ratio for the addition of each link, it will be seen that the addition of links above five would soon involve a solution which would be so protracted, laborious and tedious as not to be attractive and would thus defeat the object for which puzzles are usually intended.

Assuming, therefore, that a chain of five links will be the most popular form of puzzle, I will describe, step by step, the method of solution when a chain is employed comprising this number of links.

i the utio stral For the purpose (ifn aking clear Var I rious steps which icomprisei'the' process-of solution, Ihave drawings in which: I

(Fla 1 i e spec ve Vi w ft im andiepresents the position and a rafige ments of its elements or meinbers previousjto the commencementflof the solution.

m 2, g h r vit t lr 'd ed mes-1 dicate {the rst step in ithefsolutiori of the puzzle. 1 I, ig, 3, together withftherelatednotes,in-

di'cate ithesecond step in U P1 7 6 I v {F g A, cons sting.of' twoijv ews, together with the relate'd'notes, indicatetheth rd tep.

F o tll wi. dicate the "fourthsu er ne solution."

F g-. alt gethe h. heiri it d i ti diCil'GBftheififth st eplof the solution.

Fig. '7, consisting (if two views, together Withi relat d. n t i d cat thes h ea Fig. 8, consisting of three views, togetherwith. the related le nd t t e i steoof thejsolution.

.y ;f o ethe n icate the e ghth st p'i'i th i s uti 1 T Fig; "10, pom ising two viewsfitogether dicate 'the'eleventli 'step of the Santana 5 Fig. 13, comprising three views, together with the related note, indicate. the twelfth step of the solution. l

I 7 h the relatednotea 'in- I w hin-1w enem es 1 1- I Fig. 14, comprising two views, together with the related note, indicate'th'e thirteenth ste in the solution.

ig. 15, together with the related note, in-

dicate the fourteenth step of the solution.

' Fig. 16, together with the related note, in-

dicate the fifteenth step of the solution.

Fig. 17, together with the related note,-in-

dicate the sixteenth step of the solution.

Fig. 18, comprising twoviews, together with the related note, indicate the seven-f.

teenth step.

Fig. 19, together with the related note, indicate the eighteenth step.

Fig. 20, comprising three views, together with the related. note, indicate the nineteenth step.

Fig. 21, together with the related note, indicate the twentieth step.

Fig. 22, together with the related note, in dicate the twenty-first step of the solution.

Fig. 23, comprising two views, together with the related note, indicate the twentysecond step of the solution. I

Fig. 24., comprising three views, together with therelated note, indicate the twentythird step of the solution.

Figj25, together with the related note, indicate the twenty-fourth step.

Fig. 26, comprising two views, together with the related note, indicate the twentyfifth step of the solution.

Fig. 27, together with the related note, indicate the twenty-sixth step.

Fig. 28, comprising three views, together with the related note, indicate the twentyseventh step of the solution.

Fig. 29, together with the related note, indicate the twenty-eighth step of the solution. Fig. 30, comprising two views, together with the related note, indicate the twentyninth step.

Fig. 31, comprising three views, together with the related note, indicate the thirtieth step of the solution.

Fig. 32, indicates the relation of the elements after the performance of the thirtieth step. 7

Fig. 83 indicates the endless cord as freed from the chain, and thus, the solution of the puzzle.

warmer tion will consist of the operations shown in Figs. 1 to 17.

These processes may be modified in such a manner that the loop may be finally removed from any intermediate link, or from the first link instead of the last link as shown.

Furthermore, the solution of the puzzle may consist in putting the loop upon the .last link without disassembling the chain, in-

stead of removingsame therefrom. Usually the links are disassembled, and the loop engaged with the last link, as shown in Fig. 1, in which case the solutionis to disengage the loop from the chain without disassembling the'links.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of manufacture comprising a chain of the so-called safety type composed of two or more assembled links, and a fiexl: ble, endless cord engaging one of said links to form a puzzle, the solution of which con sists in the disengagement of said cordfrom said chain without disassembling the chain or severing said cord. f

2. An article of manufacture comprising a chain composed of two of more assembled links, which have. a substantially U-shaped form, the ends of which links, are each provided with an eye for the passage therethrough of one end of the link which is in engagement therewith and for the normal engagement of the bend of said engaged link, and an endless, flexible member engag ing one said links to form a puzzle, the 'solu- EARL J. MILLER.

I Witnesses:

GEORGE E. FINDON, J r., WESTON H. MEASE.

whereof I affix my signa- 

